The Author: Catherine Purdie, born in 1972 in New Zealand, studied French and German in Auckland from 1990-1992 before going on to obtain an M.A. (Hons) in German (1993-1994). Her M.A. thesis on the 'Spiel' of the child in selected early works of Ilse Aichinger provided much of the raw material for this monograph. From 1995-1996 she studied German literature in Münster on a one-year DAAD scholarship, returning to Auckland in 1996 to take up a doctoral scholarship. She is currently completing a doctoral thesis on Alfred Andersch.

• Contents: The world-view of Ilse Aichinger in selected short stories from Der Gefesselte - The 'Spiel' of the child in Die grössere Hoffnung - Variants of the 'Spiel' in selected other works.

The Author: Catherine Purdie, born in 1972 in New Zealand, studied French and German in Auckland from 1990-1992 before going on to obtain an M.A. (Hons) in German (1993-1994). Her M.A. thesis on the 'Spiel' of the child in selected early works of Ilse Aichinger provided much of the raw material for this monograph. From 1995-1996 she studied German literature in Münster on a one-year DAAD scholarship, returning to Auckland in 1996 to take up a doctoral scholarship. She is currently completing a doctoral thesis on Alfred Andersch.

• Contents: The world-view of Ilse Aichinger in selected short stories from Der Gefesselte - The 'Spiel' of the child in Die grössere Hoffnung - Variants of the 'Spiel' in selected other works.

The Author: Catherine Purdie, born in 1972 in New Zealand, studied French and German in Auckland from 1990-1992 before going on to obtain an M.A. (Hons) in German (1993-1994). Her M.A. thesis on the 'Spiel' of the child in selected early works of Ilse Aichinger provided much of the raw material for this monograph. From 1995-1996 she studied German literature in Münster on a one-year DAAD scholarship, returning to Auckland in 1996 to take up a doctoral scholarship. She is currently completing a doctoral thesis on Alfred Andersch.

• Contents: The world-view of Ilse Aichinger in selected short stories from Der Gefesselte - The 'Spiel' of the child in Die grössere Hoffnung - Variants of the 'Spiel' in selected other works.